World Cup 2010 Qualifying Groups: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia will have 4.5 places slots for the 2010 World Cup. 43 teams will compete for the slots from 5 groups.
A first preliminary round encompassing all AFC nations except the top five seeds Australia, Iran, Japan, Korea Republic and Saudi Arabia began in October 2007.
The teams are drawn into 5 groups of 4 teams. The top two from each group go through to a final round of qualifying, where the 10 teams are drawn into two groups of five. The winners and runners up of each group will automatically qualify for World Cup 2010, while the two third placed teams will playoff against each other to enter a playoff against the winning team from the Oceania zone for a World Cup spot.
November 14, 2009
New Zealand 1 Bahrain 0
New Zealand qualified for the 2010 World Cup after a 1-0 win in Wellington in front of 35,000 fans. Rory Fallon scored the decisive goal just before half time and keeper Mark Paston saved a second half penalty.
October 10, 2009
Bahrain 0 New Zealand 0
New Zealand in pole position.
September 9, 2009
Saudi Arabia 2 Bahrain 2
September 5, 2009
Bahrain 0 Saudi Arabia 0
Bahrain progress on away goals to a play-off over two legs with New Zealand.
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World Cup 2010 Qualifying Groups: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America